Background
Blomfield, Richard Best was born on March 24, 1919 in Kamuela, Hawaii, United States. Son of John Harold Stewart and Eirene Alice (Best) Blomfield.
Blomfield, Richard Best was born on March 24, 1919 in Kamuela, Hawaii, United States. Son of John Harold Stewart and Eirene Alice (Best) Blomfield.
Bachelor of Arts cum laude, U. Hawaii, 1945; postgraduate, Harvard University, 1945-1946; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1947.
Analyst Amfac, Inc., Honolulu, 1947-1950. Manager salary administration Union Carbide Corporation, New York City, 1950-1959. Director personnel administration Mack Trucks, Inc., Plainfield, New Jersey, 1959-1961.
Director personnel American Standard Incorporated, New York York City, 1961-1963. Vice president American Mutual Insurance Companies, Wakefield, Massachusetts, 1964-1969. Senior vice president, secretary, director, member executive committee Hornblower, Weeks Noyes & Trask, Inc.
(name now HWN&T, Inc.), New York City, from 1969. General partner Hornblower & Weeks-Hemphill Noyes & Company, 1969-1972. Senior vice president, secretary Hornblower, Weeks, Noyes & Trask, Inc., from 1980.
President Richard B. Blomfield Associates (management consultant), Morristown, New Jersey, from 1980. Director Henry Hornblower Fund, Inc. Adjunct lecturer New York University School Continuing Education.
Instructor New York Institute of Finance, 1980-1982.
Adviser National Executives Institute, Boy Scouts American, 1970-1973. Board directors Insurance Institute Boston University, 1967-1969, Mount Kemble Home, Morristown. Former chairman Hornblower Pension and Profit Sharing Trust.
Member Lexington (Massachusetts) Town Meeting, also member appropriations committee. Member alumni advisory council Teachers College, Columbia University, Iolani School, University Hawaii Boy Scouts Alumni Associates. Vestryman Episcopal Church Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1941-1945.
Member Metropolitan Museum, Museum Modern Art, Philharmonic Symphony Society New York, St. David's Society of State of New York, Rutgers Scarlet R Club, Morris Museum Mineral Society, New Jersey Audubon Society, Morris Area Genealogical Society, Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, Inc., United States Naval Institute, International Oceanographic Foundation, American Museum Natural History, National Maritime History Society, Morris Museum Arts and Sciences, New Jersey, Morris County history associations, National Wildlife Federation, National Geography Society, Frelinghuysen Arboretum, Retired Officers Association, American Association Retired Persons, Elderhostels, American Littoral Society, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Amex Club of New York, Watnong Garden Club (president), National Council State Garden Clubs American (life), Pi Gamma Mu, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Laurel Currey, May 18, 1957. Children: John Roe, Christiana Jane, Mary Rachel Blomfield Sherlock.